Paid Links: Worthless or Negative?

chriswight · 09-03-2008, 09:23 AM

Everyone knows paid backlinks are being trashed by Google, but how is a site affected if it has them? Are you penalized or are they merely ineffective?

VinceNouvel · 09-03-2008, 09:51 AM

It really depend on the website you are buying your link from. If their intention was just keep selling and selling links to make some profit... You might get caught trading links, but this is a very rare case..

tomm · 09-03-2008, 10:47 AM

Actually it's not possible to know if Google is trashing paid backlinks. Most of the things regarding the Google algorithm you read on the internet is just speculation.

dburk · 09-03-2008, 11:16 AM

Hi tomm,

If you are buying or selling links based on targeted traffic, you should be OK. Google is only targeting sites that are trying to sell Pagerank. Page rank is not for sell, it must be earned naturally.

If you buy a link for traffic, you will be fine, it may not pass any Pagerank, but that's fine, as long as you only paid for the targted traffic.

If you are selling links, be sure to include the nofollow attribute and you will be fine. Just don't try to sell pagerank or you will become a target for penalty by Google.

Solidsnake · 09-03-2008, 05:41 PM

You are likely to get penalized if you are the one who is selling... just what happend to aviva directory and johnchow way back couple of months..

09-03-2008, 09:23 AM	#1
chriswight Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boston, MA , USA. Posts: 1,014 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Paid Links: Worthless or Negative? Everyone knows paid backlinks are being trashed by Google, but how is a site affected if it has them? Are you penalized or are they merely ineffective?
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09-03-2008, 09:51 AM	#2
VinceNouvel HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 219 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Paid Links: Worthless or Negative? It really depend on the website you are buying your link from. If their intention was just keep selling and selling links to make some profit... You might get caught trading links, but this is a very rare case..

09-03-2008, 10:47 AM	#3
tomm HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brazil Posts: 219 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Paid Links: Worthless or Negative? Actually it's not possible to know if Google is trashing paid backlinks. Most of the things regarding the Google algorithm you read on the internet is just speculation.

09-03-2008, 11:16 AM	#4
dburk Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 4,482 Thanks: 137 Thanked 641 Times in 553 Posts Contact Info	Re: Paid Links: Worthless or Negative? Hi tomm, If you are buying or selling links based on targeted traffic, you should be OK. Google is only targeting sites that are trying to sell Pagerank. Page rank is not for sell, it must be earned naturally. If you buy a link for traffic, you will be fine, it may not pass any Pagerank, but that's fine, as long as you only paid for the targted traffic. If you are selling links, be sure to include the nofollow attribute and you will be fine. Just don't try to sell pagerank or you will become a target for penalty by Google.
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Solidsnake Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 999 Thanks: 38 Thanked 75 Times in 56 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Paid Links: Worthless or Negative? You are likely to get penalized if you are the one who is selling... just what happend to aviva directory and johnchow way back couple of months..